Working in retail as a sales associate allows you to build customer service skills and learn how to handle difficult in person situations appropriately. The tasks are your usual sales associate functions -- dressing room duties, cashier, on floor assistance with customers.

Cons

On many occasions your availability wasn't considered when being assigned your schedule for the week. Your schedule was also updated every Sunday and was only done one week in advance.

Generally a youthful, fun environment. Flexible scheduling even as a manager. Decent pay for associates. Low key, relaxed work environment.

Cons

The company cares very little about the well being of their employees. Problems within the company are never handled in a timely manner, sometimes taking years to resolve. Communication within all levels of the company is handled extremely poorly. Wage raises for associates do not mean that management wages will be raised as well, which results in an extremely small wage gap between associates and their superiors.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Communication is key. This has been my biggest problem at this company at every location I have worked at. As management, you should be able to confront one another, not stew and brood until someone blows up.